TIBCO ActiveSpaces® 2.1.4 Security for Unix users.

TIBCO ActiveSpaces® 2.1.4 Security for Unix users.

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Article ID: KB0092775

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Description

Description:
Configuring TIBCO ActiveSpaces® 2.1.4 Security to use Unix users.

Resolution

Create / add Unix user named asuser1 with the command:

# useradd -m asuser1

Setup password:

# passwd asuser1

The password must be 8 characters long and include special characters and digits for security,

Connect to the Metaspace via as-admin and run the following validation commands.

1). In the generated mypolicy.txt file, change source to system and save it: - authentication=userpwd;source=system;hint=tester .

2). as-admin> validate policy_name "mypolicy" policy_file "mypolicy.txt" .

3). as-admin> validate token_file "mytoken.txt" .

4). Create two files as_dc_controller.txt and as_dc_client.txt in the following folder c:/as .

5). as_dc_controller.txt will contain the domain controller information to use when starting AS .

6). Add the following contents into as_dc_controller.txt and edit them to match your environment:

   connect security_policy 'C:/tibco/as/2.1/lib/mypolicy.txt' name 'ms' listen 'tcp://10.97.70.124:50000' membername 'secureDCBoss'

7). Add the following contents into as_dc_client.txt and edit them to match your environment:

   connect name 'ms' listen 'tcp://10.97.70.124:50100' security_token "C:/tibco/as/2.1/lib/mytoken.txt" membername "secure_client"

8). Start ActiveSpaces with the domain controller using the following command:

   java -jar as-agent.jar -i c:\as\as_dc_controller.txt

9). Is should ask you for the domain password you setup when you created the mypolicy.txt file

10). Start the ActiveSpaces client using the following command:

    java -jar as-agent.jar -i c:\as\ as_dc_client.txt

11). You will be asked for the following information Domain, User and Password.

12). Type the Domain and press the ENTER key twice. Type the Unix user and press the ENTER key twice. Type the password and press the ENTER key.

Issue/Introduction

TIBCO ActiveSpaces® 2.1.4 Security for Unix users.